Mail-bag deliverer



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.- A. P.HAUSS. I 3 MAIL BAG DELIVERERV No.410,095. Patented Au 27 1889.

jaaam UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

AUGUSTUS P. HAUSS, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

MAI L-BAG DELIVERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,095, dated August27, 1889. p

Application filed April 5, 1889. Serial No. 306,079. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS P. HAUSS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State ofIndiana, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-BagDeliverers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in mail-bag deliverers.

The invention is designed as an improvement upon the device for whichLetters Patent were granted to me June 24, 1884, No. 300,969; and theobject of the invention is the provision of a simple, durable, andinexpensive delivering mechanism, which will operate in conjunction withthe catcher of the above-named patent.

The invention consists of the novel construction and combination andadaptation of parts herein illustrated, described, and specificallyclaimed.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of mechanism embodying myinvention,t-he parts being in the position they assume before thepouches have been caught and delivered; and Fig. 2 represents aperspective view thereof, the parts being in their assumed position af-'ter the catcher on the car has taken the bag from the crane-and the hookon the crane has taken the bagfrom the car, the car moving in theopposite direction from that shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of referen ce denotecorrespon ding parts in said figures, A designates the crane, which isof the usual and well-known form, having the hinged arm B and the hingedarm C, and

I D designates the catcher, which is substantially similar inconstruction to the one shown, described, and claimed in my patentbefore mentioned. The arm B is hinged near its inner end, whereby theweight of the outer end of said arm is greater than the innerend andacts as a counterpoise for said arm. The catcher D on the car isprovided with a springclasp D, and the car is provided with a spring-.may be briefly stated as follows: The bag or clasp D the purpose ofsaid clasps being to retain the bag in position to be delivered. to thecatcher on the crane, as is evident. To the lower hinged arm 0 of thecrane is attached the double-forked catcher E, the forks thereof beingarranged in such a manner as tocatch the pouch from the car when itmoves in opposite directions.

The operation of my device will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with the drawings, and

pouch to be delivered from the car is placedon the clasps D" and D ofthe catcher and car. The pouch to be delivered to the car is at.- tachedto the hinged arms of the crane. The hook of the catcher on the cartakes the pouch from the crane, and simultaneously therewith the pouchon the catcher of the car is caught by one of the hooks of the doublecatcher on the crane. Thus the mail-pouches are quickly and safelydelivered to the car and the crane.

It will be seen that the mechanism I em ploy for eifecting the desiredobjects is very simple, durable, and inexpensive of construction, andwill operate eifectually in the safe and rapid delivery of mail-pouches.

The many advantages of my device will be readily understood by allacquainted with such matters, and henceneed no further comment herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a mail-bag deliverer, the upright, the arm hinged near its inner endto the top thereof, the arm hinged below the top thereof, thesimilar-shaped hooks arranged one on each side of the lower arm, and thedevices on the arms for retaining the bag, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS P. I-IAUSS.

Witnesses M. D. CONDIFF, FRANKLIN H. KELLER.

